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--- src/todoterm.cc.orig	2004-08-13 00:11:52.095224000 -0400
+++ src/todoterm.cc	2004-08-13 01:15:38.901461024 -0400
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #include "todoterm.h"
 
 #ifdef USETERMCAP
+#include <iostream>
 #include <string>
 #include <stdexcept>
 #include <curses.h>
@@ -14,7 +15,11 @@
 int getWidth() {
 	if (!info[2047]) {
 	char const *termtype = getenv("TERM");
-		if (!termtype) throw runtime_error("can't get terminal type, please set TERM envar");
+		if (!termtype) {
+			cerr << "can't get terminal type, defaulting to vt100." << endl;
+			cerr << "please set the TERM env variable." << endl;
+			setenv("TERM", "vt100", 0);
+		}
 	int result = tgetent(info, getenv("TERM"));
 		if (result < 0)
 			throw runtime_error("could not access termcap database");